Andrey Vladimirovich Long Arm

The biography of the prince, the name of his father, as well as the origin of the Vyazemsky princes from him, were controversial. The main versions of the biography, the character:

Velvet book published in 1787 by N.I. Novikov , pointed out Andrei Dolgaya Ruka the son of Prince Vladimir Rurikovich. And gave such a pedigree ^[1] :

• Andrey Dolgaya Ruka, Prince
  • Basil, Prince
    • Athanasius, Prince
      • Andrew , Prince
        • Semen, Prince
        • Basil, Prince
        • Leo, Prince (childless)
        • Ivan, Prince
    • Roman prince (childless)
    • Yuri, Prince (childless)
  • Fedor, Prince
    • Constantine, Prince
  • Ivan Zhilka, Prince

Baumgarten, N. A. in 1915, citing the genealogy provided by Dolgorukov, considered Prince Andrei Dolgaya Ruka to be a fictitious face ^[2] . He pointed out that genealogies call Prince Andrei the youngest son of Vladimir Rurikovich (1187-1239) (in the future Prince of Kiev) and the son-in-law of Kiev Prince Mstislav Romanovich the Old , with whom he was killed on June 4, 1223 after the betrayal of Ploskini . At the time of his death, Andrei had three sons ^[2] . All of this was Baumgarten, N. A. considered "a complete invention and manipulation of various news." According to the researcher, Prince Andrei who took part in the battle was not Andrei Dolgaya Ruka, but a completely different person ^[3] . Vladimir Rurikovich took part in the battle, who later became the Kiev prince. And since Prince Vladimir was 36 years old at the time of the battle, he could not, according to Baumgarten N.A., have three grandchildren from his youngest son. Baumgarten, N. A. wrote that the first prince Vyazemsky is mentioned in the annals of 1300 (or 1301 according to Tatishchev) year. According to the Lavrentievsky Chronicle in 1300, Prince Andrei Vyazemsky came to the aid of Dorogobuzh and successfully fought against Alexander Glebovich Smolensky and his brother Roman ^[4] . Baumgarten, N. A. believed that the middle name "Afanasevich" was added to Prince Andrei Vyazemsky by the compilers of the PSRL index ^[5] , and in the Lavrentievsky and Voskresensky chronicles and V. Tatishchev it is absent ^[6] .

The founder of the Vyazemsky family of princes Baumgarten, N. A. identified (supporting Golubovsky P.V. ) with Andrei Mikhailovich the son of Mikhail Rostislavovich (Prince of Smolensky in 1278-1279). Andrei Mikhailovich was an ally of his uncle Fyodor Rostislavich Black against Alexander and Roman Glebovich (cousins ​​of Andrei Mikhailovich and Fedor's nephews). While Fedor was in Yaroslavl, Andrei was governor in Smolensk. But in 1297 the brothers took away Smolensk. In the course of further wars for the Principality of Smolensk, Fedor Cherny died in 1298, and Roman Glebovich in 1300 ^[6] .

Genealogy according to Baumgarten N. A. ^[7] : Rostislav Mstislavich , Grand Duke Smolensky (- by 1270)

• Gleb (- 1277), Grand Duke of Smolensk. Ancestor of the princes of Smolensk.
  • Alexander (- 1313), Grand Duke Smolensky
  • Roman (- 1300)
  • Svyatoslav (- 1310), Prince Mozhaisk
• Michael (- 1279), Grand Duke Smolensky
  • Alexander Mikhailovich , Prince Vyazemsky and Dorogobuzhsky (1284 - 1310) Ancestor of the Vyazemsky princes.
• Fyodor Cherny (-1298), Prince of Mozhaisk and Yaroslavsky, Grand Prince of Smolensk. Ancestor of Yaroslavl Princes

S.V.Dumin and P.Kh. Grebelsky in 1993 in the book “The Noble Clans of the Russian Empire” called Andrei Dolgaya Ruka the son of the Kiev prince Vladimir Rurikovich (1187-1239) ^[8] . They write that he received Vyazma and took part on July 4, 1224 in the Battle of Kalka where he died in 1224 ^[9] . They give a version of Baumgarten, N. A. But describe Andrei Afanasevich (as the grandson of Andrei Vladimirovich). Calling the governor who defeated Alexander Glebovich Smolensky in 1300 ^[10] .

• Andrey Dolgaya Ruka
  • Vasily - the first branch of the Vyazemsky princes is led from him
  • Fedor - they lead the second branch of the Vyazemsky princes from him
  • Ivan

L.V. Voitovich in 2000 in the book “Princely Dynasties of Eastern Europe” considered Andrei Dolgoruky the son of Kiev Prince Vladimir Rurikovich (1187-1239). But the date of the beginning of the reign of Vyazma indicated 1239. And the prince died after 1300. Ancestor of the princes Vyazemsky and Zhilinsky: ^[11]

• Andrey Dolgaya Ruka
  • Basil - had no offspring . second half of XIII - beginning of XIV centuries
  • Fedor is the ancestor of the Vyazemsky princes. second half of XIII - beginning of XIV centuries
  • Ivan Zhilka is the ancestor of the princes of Zhilinsky. second half of XIII - beginning of XIV centuries

Boguslavsky V.V. in 2003, in his book "Slavic Encyclopedia" he argued that Vyazma was first mentioned in chronicles in 1219, when Andrei Vladimirovich Long Hand was transferred to his inheritance by his father-in-law by the Kiev prince Mstislav Romanovich Old ^[12] . And in 1223 on Kalka, together with Mstislav Romanovich Stary and (the husband of another daughter of Mstislav), Alexander Semenovich, Prince Dubrovitsky, fought for three days. And he was one of the three princes who died under the boards at the feast of the victors after the betrayal of the governor of the wanderers of Ploskini. He had three sons ^[13] . became princes of Vyazma ^[14] .

• "The noble birth of the Russian Empire." - SP-b, 1993. - T. 1 Princes. - 272 p. - ISBN 5-86153-004-1 .
• Baumgarten, N. A. To the Origin of the Vyazemsky Princes // Annals of the Historical and Pedigree Society in Moscow .. - M, 1915. - T. Issue. 1-4 (41-44). - S. 64-70.
• "The genealogy book of princes and nobles of Russia and those who left." - M: University Printing House of N. Novikov , 1787. - T. 1.
• L.Voitovich KNYAZIVSKI DYNASTІЇ CXI ONE ЄVROPI
• Boguslavsky V.V. “Slavic Encyclopedia. Kievan Rus - Muscovy. " - M: Olma-Press, 2003.- T. 1 A.M .. - 784 p.